The New Age – Page 19 – The Online Journal For The New Church in Australia and New Zealand

Putting Swedenborg into Rhyming Verse*

Site-Manager · November 24, 2014December 17, 2014

There is already a book which arranges Swedenborg passages into free verse, by Leon C. Le Van, published by the Swedenborg Foundation in 1987. It works rather well, and surprisingly mostly keeps to the text. The Scottish metrical Psalter of 1635 was a rhyming setting of all the Psalms in order for them to be …

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A Highlight on the work of David Booth

Site-Manager · July 7, 2014November 24, 2014

David Booth is a member of the Perth New Church and for several years in the 1980s was the Secretary of the national New Church in Australia. The Western Australia Journal of Medicine recently published an interview with him from which we make a number of extracts, including the substantial reference to his connection and …

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Editorial

Site-Manager · July 7, 2014November 24, 2014

Like the last issue, this one and future ones will be issued both in print copy and online. The last issue online (Autumn 2014) was magnificent and there was a lot of very positive feedback about its content and appearance ‘on screen’. I would here like to express everybody’s thanks to Rev David Millar for …

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Celebrating the Life and Work of Rev. Leslie Sheppard

Site-Manager · July 7, 2014November 24, 2014

Les Sheppard passed into the spiritual world in early May this year, after coping with Parkinson’s Disease for many years. A celebration service was held at the Brisbane New Church on Sunday May 18th which Les had asked, whever it came, to be a happy party. So it was, with chips and lollies for the …

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Some Meanings of New Church Day

Site-Manager · July 7, 2014November 24, 2014

Here, first, is the statement from True Christian Religion 791: “After this work was finished, the Lord called together the twelve disciples who followed him in the world. The next day he sent all of them out to the entire spiritual world to preach the gospel that the Lord God Jesus Christ reigns and that …

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The Ordination of Darren Brunne

Site-Manager · July 7, 2014November 24, 2014

This was on Sunday June 29th in the Brisbane New Church, with members and friends and visitors present with Darren, his wife, Renee, and their children. There were around 90 there, including 30 children. The friends in the Brisbane Society had organized a wonderful event to offer everybody and to show their obvious love, excitement …

Society Reports

Site-Manager · July 7, 2014November 24, 2014

Brisbane On Sunday June 29th the Brisbane Society celebrated three joyous occasions. Firstly, before more than eighty adults and children, the Reverend Julian Duckworth officiated at the ordination of Darren Brunne into the ministry of the New Church. Following the very moving Ordination Ceremony and address including New Church Day remembrance, the Brisbane Society welcomed …

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The Great Commission: Introducing the Book of Joshua by David Millar

Site-Manager · July 7, 2014November 24, 2014

Readings Joshua 1.1-9 1 AFTER the death of Moses the servant of the LORD, it came to pass that the LORD spoke to Joshua the son of Nun, Moses’ assistant, saying: 2 “Moses My servant is dead. Now therefore, arise, go over this Jordan, you and all this people, to the land which I am …

Sponsoring the Work of The Australian New Church College

Site-Manager · July 7, 2014November 24, 2014

The New Church in Australia invites friends to help the work and funding of the College with a donation which can be made by cheque, or even better by a bank transfer. A good number of people now make a monthly bank transfer – we suggest $20 but it is for you to decide the …

Repentance

Site-Manager · July 7, 2014November 24, 2014

From the Hurstville New Church Newsletter In a book of poetry I found one poem titled, “The Spiritual Railway.” The poet, he or she, compares the path to heaven to travelling on a train, and stresses that without repentance our journey will not be successful. I quote from the poem: Repentance is the station then, …